A joint Statement of Support for new gTLD applicants by AFRALO and AfrICANN was presented at their joint meeting in Brussels on June 22 2010 (http://brussels38.icann.org/node/12485) and was submitted to the ICANN Board. The drafting team included several members of the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) including Tijani Ben Jemaa, Dave Kissoondoyal, Fatimata Seye Sylla and Michel Tchonang. You can find additional information about the joint working group tasked with the preparation of this meeting under: https://st.icann.org/afralo/index.cgi?joint_afralo_africann_meeting_in_bruss... and read the statement of support for new gTLD applicants at http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/statement-support-for-new-gtld-a... --- Dev Anand Teelucksingh